Politician(s) lobbied: Oliver Moran (Councillor), Cork City Council; Honore Kamegni (Councillor), Cork City Council; Dan Boyle (Councillor), Cork City Council; Niamh O'Connor (Councillor), Cork City Council
Intent: To notify Councillors of challenges faced by clients and identify reserved functions which could amend policies including allocation scheme and anti-social behaviour strategy.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Met with Councillors to discuss recurring issues for service users, identifying potential policy changes by Councillors.
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Carrigy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paula Butterly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Closer review of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026
Methods: Letter
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Letter
Requesting Committee members to allow sufficient time for review of Bill, engage with witnesses from the ILCN, IHPG, and IHREC, and seek policy reports, consultation reports and analyses on the bill
Letter
Requesting that the Minister lay out background records related to human rights concerns around the Housing Bill. Requesting additional time for scrutiny of the bill and consultation with civil society.
Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Additional time for scrutiny of the bill and consultation with civil society.
Methods: Letter
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Letter
The letter was sent by way of post and email.
Politician(s) lobbied: David Kelly (Assistant Secretary), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Seeking amendments to Bill to allow for exceptions for victims of domestic violence, trafficking and other vulnerable cohorts.
Methods: Virtual Meeting
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Virtual Meeting
Seeking amendments to Bill to allow for exceptions for victims of domestic violence, trafficking and other vulnerable cohorts.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Proposed that priorities in Fourth Strategy should include introduction of legal mechanism to remove perpetrator from joint social housing tenancy; and ending of penalisation of victim survivors who surrender a tenancy to escape abuse.
Methods: Virtual Meeting
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Virtual Meeting
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Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Seeking introduction of amendments to law and policy to assist victim survivors of domestic violence in accessing housing. Sought amendments to guidance for local authorities on dealing with victim-survivors of domestic violence; sought increased training of local authority housing staff in dealing with victim-survivors of domestic violence; sought introduction of legal mechanism to allow for removal of perpetrators of domestic violence from joint social housing tenancies. (Indirect lobbying).
Methods: Meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Seeking introduction of amendments to law and policy to further assist victim survivors of domestic violence in accessing housing. Discussed: introduction of powers for Gardaí to temporarily remove alleged perpetrators from home to protect life of alleged victim; need for improved mechanisms for victim-survivors to remain in own home; need for mechanism to remove perpetrators of domestic violence from joint social housing tenancies. (Indirect lobbying).
Methods: Meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Inclusion of social housing law and homelessness law matters within scope of proposed new civil legal aid scheme.
Methods: Event / Reception
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Event / Reception
Participant in panel discussion on 'Legal Aid, Administrative Decisions & Quasi-Judicial Tribunals', as part of conference on 'Civil Legal Aid: From Review to Reform', co-ordinated by FLAC and the Trinity College Dublin School of Law. Sought inclusion of social housing law and homelessness law matters within scope of proposed new civil legal aid scheme. (Indirect lobbying).
Politician(s) lobbied: Marie Murphy (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Amy Goldsboro (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; David Dunne (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Michael Brennan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Mary Hanna Hourigan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Annemarie 'Shiner' Ryan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Siobhan Ambrose (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Fiona Bonfield (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Louise Morgan Walsh (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Kay Cahill Skehan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Peggy Ryan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Kieran Bourke (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Micheál Anglim (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Mark Fitzgerald (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Declan Burgess (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Roger Kennedy (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; John Crosse (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Tom Acheson (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Pat English (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; John Fitzgerald (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Phyll Bugler (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; John Carroll (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Michael Smith (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; William Kennedy (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Sean Ryan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Jonathan Cooney (Director of Services or Equivalent), Tipperary County Council; Sinead Carr (Chief Executive Officer), Tipperary County Council
Intent: Seeking an amendment of section 2.1.7 of the Tipperary County Council Social Housing Allocation Scheme to ensure that: (1) surrendering a tenancy because of domestic violence is never treated by the Council as a “voluntary surrender”, and, (2) victim-survivors of domestic violence who are forced to surrender tenancies to escape perpetrators are not further penalized by the Council through the imposition of deferral periods or otherwise.
Methods: Letter
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Letter
Letter to Tipperary County Councillors seeking an amendment of section 2.1.7 of the Tipperary County Council Social Housing Allocation Scheme to ensure that: (1) surrendering a tenancy because of domestic violence is never treated by the Council as a “voluntary surrender”, and, (2) victim-survivors of domestic violence who are forced to surrender tenancies to escape perpetrators are not further penalized by the Council through the imposition of deferral periods or otherwise.
Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Mercy Law Resource Centre is a meeting with the Minister for Housing to discuss the report's recommendations.
Methods: EmailLetter
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Email
The email enclosed a copy of the report.
Letter
The letter enclosed a copy of the report.
